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NEUROPTEROUS INSECT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
Synonyms:
neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("neuropterous insect" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neuropterous insect"):
ant lion; antlion; antlion fly (winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants)
lacewing; lacewing fly (any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids)
Corydalus cornutus; dobson; dobson fly; dobsonfly (large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait)
fish-fly; fish fly (similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait)
alder fly; alderfly; Sialis lutaria (dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae)
snakefly (predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax)
mantispid (insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps)
spongefly; spongillafly (hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges)
Holonyms ("neuropterous insect" is a member of...):
Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)
